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Category Archives: Non-Fiction

Christine Keeler: ‘Secrets and Lies’

15 Thursday Mar 2012

Posted by marina72 in Books, History, Non-Fiction, Profumo Affair

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Christine Keeler, Profumo Affair, Secrets and Lies

Secrets and Lies, the new memoir by Christine Keeler and co-writer Douglas Thompson, was published last month. However, it is essentially a reissue of her 2001 book, The Truth at Last. Apart from a new preface and postscript, and some different photos, the content is mostly the same as before. John Profumo – the government minister with whom Keeler had a fleeting, but notorious affair as a teenager – died in 2006. Next year will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the political scandal, and its reverberations on British society can still be felt today. Continue reading →

Ida Lupino: Beyond the Camera

09 Friday Mar 2012

Posted by marina72 in Books, Film, Non-Fiction

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BearManor Media, Ida Lupino, Mary Ann Anderson, Women Directors

Mary Ann Anderson was a friend and business manager to the actress and film director, Ida Lupino, for over a decade. She has also contributed to two books on the star, and has now written a biography, Ida Lupino: Beyond the Camera, featuring rare photos, press clippings, and transcribed interviews. Continue reading →

‘Madonna and Me’

24 Friday Feb 2012

Posted by marina72 in Books, Madonna, Music, Non-Fiction

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Feminism, For Books' Sake, Laura Barcella, Madonna, Soft Skull Press

My review of Madonna & Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop, a new anthology from Soft Skull Press, is published today at For Books’ Sake

My Week With Marilyn

25 Friday Nov 2011

Posted by marina72 in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction

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Arthur Miller, Colin Clark, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Williams, Milton Greene, My Week With Marilyn, Paula Strasberg, Simon Curtis, The Prince And The Showgirl, Zoe Wanamaker

‘This is a fairy tale’, was the original tagline – later replaced by ‘this is a true story.’ Continue reading →

American Blondes: Marilyn and Lana Turner

09 Sunday Oct 2011

Posted by marina72 in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction

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Betty Grable, Cindy De La Hoz, Clark Gable, Dore Schary, Endometriosis, Jack Cole, Johnny Hyde, Lana Turner, Marilyn Monroe, MGM, Mickey Rooney, Otto Preminger, Sweater Girl

American Blondes: Marilyn and Lana Turner

Marilyn Monroe is sometimes described as the last of Hollywood’s great sex symbols. Early in her career she was dubbed ‘the new Jean Harlow’, and she replaced Betty Grable as glamour queen at Twentieth Century-Fox. But what of Lana Turner, blonde bombshell of the 1940s? In her stunning pictorial biography, Lana: The Memories, the Myths, the Movies, co-written with Cindy De La Hoz (author of two books on Monroe), Turner’s daughter, Cheryl Crane, states that her mother ‘thought Marilyn Monroe was a fine actress besides being a fascinating personality’.  Continue reading →

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